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beaux esprits

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beaux-es⋅prits

[boh-zes-pree]
–noun French.
pl. of bel-esprit.

bel-es⋅prit

[bel-es-pree]
–noun, plural beaux-es⋅prits [boh-zes-pree] . French.
a person of great wit or intellect.
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beaux es·prits   (bō'zě-sprē')   
n.  Plural of bel esprit.
bel es·prit   (běl' ě-sprē')   
n.   pl. beaux es·prits (bō'zě-sprē')
A cultivated, highly intelligent person.

[French : bel, fine + esprit, mind.]
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